Australian content on television reflects our culture and our society. Mac Gudgeon celebrates the importance of Homicide in the history of Australian television production. Stuart Cunningham and Scott Goodings remember some of the popular dramas which showed Australians that they could love Australian programming.

A broadcast studio at Radio Redfern in the late 80s.
Christina Spurgeon talks about the importance of providing media services to remote Indigenous communities to the culture, identity and language of Aboriginal Australians.

Cook takes on board an additional passenger, Polynesian priest and fellow navigator Tupaia. Tupaia shares his remarkable navigational skills, convinced that the notion of a great land mass is a European fantasy.

Tim Bowden describes how radio continued to prosper after the launch of television.
John Safran reveals what attracts him to television production rather than radio.
Corinne Grant talks about the link between the soap box and talkback radio.

A young boy plays along with a musical game during one of the many ABC broadcasts for children.
Children from around Australia tune into a kindergarten broadcast over the ABC.
Tim Bowden remembers the ABC children's program The Argonauts.

The Australian film revival of the late 1970s and early 80s triggered a rise in quality of Australian TV drama and a 'high point' in the production of mini-series from the early 1980s to the early 90s.

John Safran talks about the use of 'doorstopping' in current affairs programs. Scott Goodings traces the celebrity and entertainment value of today's news broadcasts to the 'news wars' of the late 1980s.

Behind the scenes of a recording of a popular radio soap of the 1940s.
Tim Bowden recalls his father listening to popular radio series Mrs Obbs and the personalities who brought the characters to life.

The Doonan family relax together at home in front of the television - their 'permanent visitor'.
Liz Jacka describes the role of the the Vincent Committee in establishing local drama production for Austalian television.
Megan Spencer remembers some of the shows she and her family watched together.